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Patent office shoots down more Rambus claims vs. NVIDIA

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nvidiageforcegt240.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA claimed a legal victory on Tuesday as the US Patent and Trademark Office again denied a slew of patent claims Rambus has been using to try and block sales of NVIDIA's products. Similar to 41 previous claims, 17 claims by Rambus spread across three patents have been ruled invalid and can't be used in the memory maker's case with the International Trade Commission. The motion had argued tha...

BragIt debuts HTML Slideshow for Lightroom

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/bragtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />BragIt has announced BragIt HTML Slideshow, a new Lightroom plug-in. Designed for web use, the app makes it possible to create a controllable slideshow with customizable descriptions or story points. It does not require any Flash plug-ins in order to work, and integrates output directly into a web page....

Kindle 2 gets native PDFs, 85% longer battery life

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/amazonkindle2-2sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Amazon today gave its regular-size Kindle a lift through a firmware upgrade. It now has the same native PDF support as the larger Kindle DX and no longer needs a conversion through e-mail. Active battery life is also a large 85 percent longer and should last for about a full week with 3G turned on versus four days with the previous firmware....

Nokia N86 8MP hits Rogers with North American 3G

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nokian868mp-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Rogers this morning claimed the title of first North American carrier to pick up the Nokia N86 8MP. Already on display for a few days, the phone is one of the first more quality-focused camera phones and has a variable aperture and high shutter speed that often aren't included on phones. A flash, dedicated camera controls on the two-way slider and an OLED display help refine the final shot furth...

Best Buy Black Friday brings $80 Palm Pre, $197 notebook

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:35:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/bbblackfri.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Best Buy has posted its Black Friday specials online, confirming many of the prices and deals that were seen in a leaked flyer as well as some new doorbuster deals. The new deals include a Palm Pre handset priced at $80, matching a recent sale price at Amazon, as well as a 15.6-inch HP G60 notebook powered by a 2.2GHz Intel Celeron processor priced at $197. Unlike the other deals, the HP notebook ...

Sapphire 5 to push render speeds, floating point support

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/sapphire5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />GenArts has announced Sapphire 5, an upcoming upgrade for its signature plug-in suite. The current collection includes over 200 processing and synthesis effects, in categories such as lighting, film, warping and textures. Versions are available for several different editing platforms, including Avid, Autodesk, After Effects and Final Cut Pro....

Publishers closer to 'iTunes for magazines'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:20:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/plasticlogice-reader-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A coalition of magazine publishers is getting close to producing a digital storefront of its own that would produce a centralized portal for their titles, a leak hinted late Tuesday. Anonymous sources for the New York Observer claim Cond� Nast, Hearst and Time are within weeks of a deal for a store that would offer both digital versions of their publications as well as physical copies. Time exec...

Epson puts out two bright, mid-size projectors

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/epsonpowerlite1830.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Epson on Tuesday catered to its bread-and-butter audience of meeting rooms and mid-size classrooms with a pair of 3LCD projectors. The PowerLite 1830 and PowerLite 1915 both have relatively high brightness levels of 3,500 and 4,000 lumens respectively. They also both output at 1024x768 and carry dual VGA inputs as well as Ethernet jacks for remote control and USB to play directly from a Windows ...

Mimo intros lowest priced touchscreen monitor

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/imoin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Mimo introduced what it touts as the industry's lowest priced auxiliary monitor on Monday, the 7-inch iMo Pivot Touch. It has a display with 800x480 resolution, 350cd/m2 brightness and a 400:1 contrast ratio. It can act as a secondary display for desktop computers, or as a standalone device, displaying digital photos and videos....

Nintendo intros paid video service for Wii in Japan

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/wiivideo1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As promised, Nintendo will soon begin offering a paid video service in its home market of Japan. While free content has been available in Japan since May, users will now be able to access popular TV programs that include Sesame Street, Pocket Monsters, Pokemon and Nintendo's own educational programming....